Barbara McConnell
Politician Barbara McConnell served the New Jersey state government for more than 30 years as a political figure, business executive, and public policy adviser.
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Elizabeth Haddon
Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) is the namesake of Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Eleanore Kendall Pettersen
Eleanore Kendall Pettersen was an architect and the first New Jersey woman to open her own architectural firm.
Cordelia Greene Johnson
Cordelia Greene Johnson (1887-1957) founded the Modern Beautician Association and served as its president until her death.
Dorothy Crawford
Dorothy Crawford contributed enormously to Australian radio and television industries and was a co-founder of Crawford Productions.
Ida Cohen Rosenthal
Co-founder and president of the brassiere company Maidenform, Inc.
Mary Herbert Roebling
Mary Herbert Roebling (1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as head of a major commercial bank when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1936.
Caroline Blake
1800s Irish landlord and hotelier
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant was perhaps the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco.
Dr Sangeeta Bhatia
A biomedical researcher, MIT professor, and biotech entrepreneur, she has invented human microlivers to study drug metabolism and liver disease as well as nanoparticles that help diagnose, study, and treat ailments like cancer.